Famous hoaxes

January 17, 2013 |By VANESSA HO/SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Manti Te'o isn't the only one who's ever been in the middle of a big hoax

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In the '90s, Stephen Glass was young, rising star writer at The New Republic, until he wrote a terrific story about a teen hacker. Not only was the story bogus, Glass went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his fraud. He created a fake website for the fake company he covered; printed fake business cards; and got his brother to impersonate a company executive.

Before he was fired in 1998, Glass deceived fact-checkers with fake letterheads, memos and phone numbers, the magazine said, leading to fabrications in 27 of his 41 stories. He was later the subject of the movie “Shattered Glass;” photo is from a "60 Minutes" framegrab in 2003.

AP Photo/CBS News

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In the '90s, Stephen Glass was young, rising star writer at The New Republic, until he wrote a terrific story about a teen hacker. Not only was the story bogus, Glass went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his fraud. He created a fake website for the fake company he covered; printed fake business cards; and got his brother to impersonate a company executive.

Before he was fired in 1998, Glass deceived fact-checkers with fake letterheads, memos and phone numbers, the magazine said, leading to fabrications in 27 of his 41 stories. He was later the subject of the movie “Shattered Glass;” photo is from a "60 Minutes" framegrab in 2003.